Yeah, I know that, Jim. I was originally referring to house light bulbs anyway. As for the Stars and Stripes in the Canadian flag, why, not many people realise this but, it IS actually a wee cut-out of 2 red and one white stripe from "Old Glory", laid on its side, with the maple leaf there only to disguise the fact! <bg>

Terry

>>ECCO! Ex-British colony!!! (why you've still got the Union Flag in the Ontarian, eh?)
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>True enough... but the cars are designed in the U.S.
>By now we should have the stars and stripes on the Ontario flag < s >
bulb as we have, as well as screw in, predominantly a "bayonet" fitting whereby you push in and just give a twist. Iwonder if any other countries (besides ex-British colonies, etc.) have this fitting.
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>>>Very common in cars here.
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>>>cheers